Oncology & Cancer

New breast cancer susceptibility gene candidate identified

A paper published in the American Journal of Human Genetics proposes ATRIP gene variants as a breast cancer susceptibility gene candidate based on a study of women without any of the known breast cancer-associated gene variants.

Oncology & Cancer

Obstacles for breast cancer prevention in high-risk Black women

Black women at high risk of breast cancer face a variety of obstacles that may keep them from care that could prevent cancer and increase the chances they'll survive if they develop the disease, new research has found.

Oncology & Cancer

Obesity is increasing people's risk of cancer. Why?

Obesity is now a global epidemic, and it is increasing people's risk for cancer. The National Cancer Institute lists more than a dozen cancers that are associated with overweight and obesity. But how obesity increases cancer ...

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